The Archaeological Site of The White Elephant Stable

Opening days: Daily

Opening hours: 08.00 - 16.00

 

The Archaeological Site of The White Elephant Stable (Paniat Chang) Ban Tha Art, Tha Sai Luat Subdistrict On the banks of the Moei River To get there, take Highway No. 105, about 1 kilometer before the Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge, turn right through the front of Wat Thai Wattanaram. Along the paved road for about 2 kilometers, you will find a sign on the left hand side of the white elephant stables, White Elephant Stalls or Paniad Chang, made of Mon brick walls, about 1 meter high, about 25 meters wide, and are parallel exam images about 80 meters long.

 

According to the chronicles, When Sukhothai was the capital In the reign of King Ramkhamhaeng the Great, Makato (elephant herders), a young Mon people, had served as Khun Wang. and have the opportunity to be close to Nang Soi Dao The daughter of King Ramkhamhaeng Later, when King Ramkhamhaeng Raised troops to attack Nakhon Si Thammarat, Makato then kidnapped the royal daughter of King Ramkhamhaeng. Escape to Hongsawadee and has a letter notifying King Ramkhamhaeng To all the stories, later Makato became the king. and build the city of Matama as the capital King Ramkhamhaeng therefore gave the name to Heavenly God.

 

Tak in those days was considered a suburb of Sukhothai. There was a white elephant on a rampage. King Ramkhamhaeng knows He therefore performed a risk-taking ceremony and prayed that If this white elephant is the majestic elephant of which city king? then asked the white elephant to head in that direction at the end of the prayer The white elephant raised its trunk as Thaksinawat. Vote 3 times.

 

And then headed west to the border of Muang Tak. King Ramkhamhaeng He was sure that This white elephant is probably the majestic white elephant of King Fa Ruea. therefore asked Phra Chao Fa Ruea to come and pick up a white elephant. When he reached the foot of this mountain, there was a river blocking it. The soldiers who followed them then built a paniat around the white elephant. King Ramkhamhaeng Therefore, a ceremony was made to hand the elephant rope to Phra Chao Fa Ruea at this area. Currently, the Fine Arts Department has registered it as an ancient monument. According to the announcement in the Government Gazette, Volume 105, Section 88, dated November 16, 1988, page 21.